Q: I’m finding it hard to maintain my chanting vows now that I have so many responsibilities maintaining a family. Do you have some advice? A: I would say its advantageous to reframe our mindset. “I value chanting my rounds because it has been such an asset in my life. Right now, I have many
Q: I want to talk until we work things out, but my partner likes to try and escape, saying we can talk later. How can I make them stay and talk through it? A: Talking is only productive when both persons are in a calm state and able to respond flexibly. A better request may
Q: Is there anything you are noticing nowadays that is making it more difficult for couples to get along? A: Stress. We don’t show up as our best selves when we are dealing with invasive work pressures, family illness, spending endless hours getting a run around when we need an appliance repaired, or have overloaded
Photo Credits: Nina Paley Sita and Rama An article entitled “When the Husband is Not a Devotee,” written by Sundari Radhika Dasi for The Eight Petals newsletter and published on ISKCON News recently, caused a firestorm of controversy.The article, which you can read along with its comments here, posed the question, “What if a woman is married
Dear Grihastha Coach , I am engaged to be married in six months. My mother and father approve and his parents approve. We have known each other for about three years. We met in college but did not become interested in one another until about 9 months go. I am an initiated devotee and he
Dear Grihastha Coach, My wife and I have been married for five years. We have two children and both of us work as computer professionals. She and I were initiated before we were married and in general get along well. Lately, though we are disagreeing more and more about finances. I want to give more
Dear Grihastha Coach, I have a question that I hope you will be able to answer. How does a person know if their feelings are love? You wrote before about infatuation, my question is specifically about love. Sincerely, Wants to know -------------------- Dear Wants, Your inquiry, “How do I know it’s love?” is relevant to
Question: Wife and husband should be seen more like spiritual friends or more like "spiritual lovers"? What is the difference between the two? Answer: If the spiritual is authentic both definitions are synonymous. But only if it's authentically spiritual, because today it is a fashion to say spiritual: "Oh, today I got to know a
The following is an interview by Damayanti Fornos Monco of the Devotee Care Committee in Argentina with Uttama devi dasi, GVT member. Damayanti: What qualities should we search for in a spouse? Uttama: You should look for someone who has similar values to yourself. If you value the process of Krsna consciousness and want to
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (ISKCON Founder Acarya)
